---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to payment and retainage in construction contracts"
description: "Relates to payment and retainage in construction contracts; authorizes contractors to invoice owners upon substantial completion of a project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 3539"
citation: "New York S 3539 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil D. Breslin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2d80b9-45ad-401a-ac3c-7f7f95d8158e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S3539"
source_hash: "f3f7ff0a4cc3217eaa6cf0e0cd979bafac77bb0f9c83adca0a5046314fdd7d3a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 3539 (2023-2024) — Relates to payment and retainage in construction contracts

Relates to payment and retainage in construction contracts; authorizes contractors to invoice owners upon substantial completion of a project.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3539&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **47–15** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil D. Breslin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-31** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1472
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4167
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.755
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.657 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2d80b9-45ad-401a-ac3c-7f7f95d8158e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).